Behold your wickedness
100 years ago, two miles from my house, seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington was lynched just outside the courthouse in downtown Waco, Texas.[1] What came to be deemed...
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Safety is not a Christian virtue
In 1934, Dietrich Bonhoeffer addressed the ecumenical peace organization World Alliance for International Friendship through Churches in Denmark.[1] Centrally in this...
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#Blacklivesmatter: What does Christmas say about our nation?
It is the sixth day of Christmas as I write this post—the sixth day of a holiday that celebrates the truth that our God came to be one of us, to shine as a light in an...
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How Can Christian Academia be Christian?
I want today to explore further the question Lance raised earlier this week—“What is the task of [academic] theology in the Church?” The relationship...
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Christian Theology Needs Good Stories
I am at the very beginning stages of a long journey in dissertation writing. In my usual meandering and often frustrating mode, I am beginning this journey with...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Theology Spoken, Seen, and Heard
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) was born as the tenth child of an honorable family in a town to the northwest of Worms. She was handed over to the church...
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